Books read in May
Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott's Marvel by Anne Strathie (April 30-May 7)
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic by George Seaver (May 7-14)
My Life of Adventure by Norman D. Vaughan (May 14-17)
With Byrd at Bottom of World by Norman D. Vaughan (May 18-21)
Avalanche by Patrick F. McManus (May 22-25)
The Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie (May 27-29)
Six books, woohoo! It surprised me to learn that tough Birdie Bowers was afraid of spiders! Here's a passage I found amusing (and that I could relate to lol):
"I woke at 1 a.m. and opened my eyes wide - you can guess what it was, but you can't guess what I felt like. Not 3 inches from my nose and making straight for my cheek was the incarnation of my conception of the blackest and most horrible fiend the powers of darkness can produce. I did not utter a sound but if ever a man got out of a bunk with alacrity I was out of mine. Fast as the huge tarantula was he had only covered about 6 inches before we faced each other for a war to the death. ... I grabbed a shoe, but I hadn't the pluck to dab him with that...I wasn't going to risk a miss though, and running out got hold of a hard broom. When I came back he was gone. I have searched in vain, but there are so many cracks and crannies especially under the washstand...that bunk - or any other in that cabin - will never see my sleeping form again. It seems a long yarn about nothing, but I would rather dive on to the back of a 16-ft. shark than face that awful thing. I could see its hairs in the dark"
Yeah, I wouldn't sleep there either. Yikes! D: Poor Birdie lol
According to Google, the blue hour "is the period of twilight early in the dawn each morning and late in the dusk each evening, when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and when the residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade." Buuut it doesn't get dark here anymore, so I don't think "the blue hour" will happen here right now lol. Here's a pic from Google instead:
Niceee
June 1: The Blue Hour
June 2: Sports
June 3: Golden Hour
June 4: Climbing Plants
June 5: Ruffled Edges
June 6: Homemade
June 7: Undisclosed
June 8: Red
June 9: What I'm Reading
June 10: Monumental
June 11: Polka Dots
June 12: Well-Loved
June 13: Growing
June 14: Flag Day
June 15: Almost Missed
June 16: Where I Stand
June 17: In the Woods
June 18: Abundance
June 19: In the Bag
June 20: Simple Joys
June 21: With a Heart
June 22: Take a Peek
June 23: Rusted
June 24: Painting With Light
June 25: Alone
June 26: Colorful Buildings
June 27: Surprise!
June 28: Fresh
June 29: Summertime Fare
June 30: Group
Today's trivia: Every British queen named Jane has either been murdered, imprisoned, gone mad, died young, or been dethroned
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic by George Seaver (May 7-14)
My Life of Adventure by Norman D. Vaughan (May 14-17)
With Byrd at Bottom of World by Norman D. Vaughan (May 18-21)
Avalanche by Patrick F. McManus (May 22-25)
The Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie (May 27-29)
Six books, woohoo! It surprised me to learn that tough Birdie Bowers was afraid of spiders! Here's a passage I found amusing (and that I could relate to lol):
"I woke at 1 a.m. and opened my eyes wide - you can guess what it was, but you can't guess what I felt like. Not 3 inches from my nose and making straight for my cheek was the incarnation of my conception of the blackest and most horrible fiend the powers of darkness can produce. I did not utter a sound but if ever a man got out of a bunk with alacrity I was out of mine. Fast as the huge tarantula was he had only covered about 6 inches before we faced each other for a war to the death. ... I grabbed a shoe, but I hadn't the pluck to dab him with that...I wasn't going to risk a miss though, and running out got hold of a hard broom. When I came back he was gone. I have searched in vain, but there are so many cracks and crannies especially under the washstand...that bunk - or any other in that cabin - will never see my sleeping form again. It seems a long yarn about nothing, but I would rather dive on to the back of a 16-ft. shark than face that awful thing. I could see its hairs in the dark"
Yeah, I wouldn't sleep there either. Yikes! D: Poor Birdie lol
According to Google, the blue hour "is the period of twilight early in the dawn each morning and late in the dusk each evening, when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and when the residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade." Buuut it doesn't get dark here anymore, so I don't think "the blue hour" will happen here right now lol. Here's a pic from Google instead:
Niceee
June 1: The Blue Hour
June 2: Sports
June 3: Golden Hour
June 4: Climbing Plants
June 5: Ruffled Edges
June 6: Homemade
June 7: Undisclosed
June 8: Red
June 9: What I'm Reading
June 10: Monumental
June 11: Polka Dots
June 12: Well-Loved
June 13: Growing
June 14: Flag Day
June 15: Almost Missed
June 16: Where I Stand
June 17: In the Woods
June 18: Abundance
June 19: In the Bag
June 20: Simple Joys
June 21: With a Heart
June 22: Take a Peek
June 23: Rusted
June 24: Painting With Light
June 25: Alone
June 26: Colorful Buildings
June 27: Surprise!
June 28: Fresh
June 29: Summertime Fare
June 30: Group
Today's trivia: Every British queen named Jane has either been murdered, imprisoned, gone mad, died young, or been dethroned